Kurt Gimmi

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Kurt Gimmi Road cycling
To person
Date of birth January 13, 1936
date of death March 29, 2003
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
discipline Road cycling
Societies)
RV Höngg -1958
Team (s)
1958
1959
1960–1964
1964 		Condor / Tricofilina Coppi
Condor
Carpano
Cynar
Most important successes
Tour de Romandie
1959 : goldoverall ranking and two stages
Tour de France
1960 : 11th stage
Last updated: January 22nd, 2020

Kurt Gimmi (born January 13, 1936 in Zurich ; † March 29, 2003 there ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Athletic career

Kurt Gimmi began competitive cycling in 1953. In 1954 he won the Swiss junior championship in road racing. In 1955 he qualified for what was then the Swiss A class of amateurs by winning the four-cantons tour . In 1955 and 1956 he was Swiss champion in the team time trial with his club RV Höngg , in 1957 in the individual time trial. Also in 1957 he took third place in the championship of Zurich among the amateurs and won the renowned Kaistenberg tour . At the national championship he won the final sprint, but was distanced due to the handicap of his opponent Dubach. In 1958, he obtained an independent license so that he could also take part in professional driver races. As an independent, he was the best driver in the annual professional driver ranking. He competed in his first Tour de Suisse and was the best Swiss and finished 7th overall.

From 1958 to 1964 Gimmi was independent and had his contracts as a professional driver mainly in Italy (1960 to 1964 with Team Carpano ). In his first year as a professional driver, he came third on the Northwestern Switzerland Tour . In 1959 he won the overall standings and two stages of the Tour de Romandie . As 8th, he was again the best Swiss driver in the domestic tour of the country. He had to give up the Giro d Ìtalia.

He started a total of three times in the Tour de France ; In 1960 he won the eleventh stage from Pau to Luchon after being the first to cross the Col de Peyresourde and finished 22nd in the overall standings. In 1961 and 1964 he gave up during the tour. He competed seven times in the Tour de Suisse : He achieved his best placement in 1960 when he finished second in the overall standings behind his compatriot Fredy Rüegg .

At the end of the 1964 season, he ended his career.

Professional

Kurt Gimmi completed an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 131 .
  2. ↑ The tour claimed victims. In: Abendblatt.de . July 7, 1960, accessed August 5, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Gimmi, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2003
Place of death Zurich